Cognome

Mercurio

The strongest concentration of Mercurio in US arrival records points to Calabria, with 141 of 492 arrivals (29 percent) originating there.

492

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

138

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 492

Top regione

Calabria

141 of 492
29 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 14

14 to 42

42+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

15 regioni represented

Calabria14129%
Sicilia13427%
Campania6613%
Molise4810%
Puglia449%
Lazio133%
Abruzzo133%
Marche122%
Basilicata102%
Toscana31%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol20%
Piemonte20%
Liguria20%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia10%
Emilia-Romagna10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Mercurio was recorded between 1830 and 1912.

Termini Imerese
46
Provincia PA
Palermo
27
Provincia PA
Ferrazzano
24
Provincia CB
Toritto
18
Provincia BA
Caulonia
17
Provincia RC
Isola delle Femmine
16
Provincia PA
Platania
15
Provincia CZ
Grotteria
15
Provincia RC
Benevento
13
Provincia BN
Palo del Colle
10
Provincia BA
Trabia
10
Provincia PA
Palmi
10
Provincia RC
Napoli
9
Provincia NA
Santa Flavia
9
Provincia PA
Catanzaro
8
Provincia CZ

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Termini Imerese	PA	46
Palermo	PA	27
Ferrazzano	CB	24
Toritto	BA	18
Caulonia	RC	17
Isola delle Femmine	PA	16
Platania	CZ	15
Grotteria	RC	15
Benevento	BN	13
Palo del Colle	BA	10
Trabia	PA	10
Palmi	RC	10
Napoli	NA	9
Santa Flavia	PA	9
Catanzaro	CZ	8

Persone notevoli

Notable Mercurio on Wikipedia

Giovanni Andrea Mercurio
EN IT
1518 · Sicilia
Girolamo Mercurio
1550 · Roma
Gaetano Mercurio
IT
1730 · Palermo
Giovanni Mercurio
1916 · Udine
Giuseppe Mercurio
IT
1919 · Orosei
Antonio Mercurio
IT
1930 · Messina
Vito Mercurio
IT
1948 · Eboli
Carla Mercurio
EN
1960 · Pescara
Bruno Mercurio
1973 · Roma
Laura Mercurio
1984 · Roma

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Giovanni Andrea Mercurio	1518	Sicilia	EN IT
Girolamo Mercurio	1550	Roma
Gaetano Mercurio	1730	Palermo	IT
Giovanni Mercurio	1916	Udine
Giuseppe Mercurio	1919	Orosei	IT
Antonio Mercurio	1930	Messina	IT
Vito Mercurio	1948	Eboli	IT
Carla Mercurio	1960	Pescara	EN
Bruno Mercurio	1973	Roma
Laura Mercurio	1984	Roma

Varianti grafiche

Spelling variants worth checking

The spelling you know may not be the one in the records. For example, a family remembers Mansini, but the records read Mancini.
If your spelling does not appear, a close variant in the list below may be the same family.

Related guide

Myths About Name Changes at Ellis Island

Names were never changed at the border. The spelling here is the original Italian: Giovinelli in the records, perhaps Jovanelli in the family today.

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Di mercurio

63 US arrivals

De mercurio

11 US arrivals

Mercuri

56 US arrivals

Mercuria

4 US arrivals

Mercuris

1 US arrivals

Mercuro

6 US arrivals

Merurio

2 US arrivals

Mercure

1 US arrivals

Variants are surfaced from the surname index, not from per-name research. None of these is guaranteed to be the same family as Mercurio.

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